TY  - BOOK
AU  - ADDISON Paul
TI  - Churchill the unexpected hero
SN  - 9780199297436 (pbk.) :
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford Univ Press
KW  - CHURCHILL WINSTON
KW  - 1874-1965
KW  - GREAT BRITAIN
KW  -  POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
N1  - Include bibiliographical references and index
N2  - Churchill was the only British politician of the twentieth century to become an enduring national hero. All but the most hostile of his adversaries conceded that he possessed great abilities, remarkable eloquence, and a streak of genius. But it was almost universally agreed that he was a shameless egotist, an opportunist without principles or convictions, an unreliable colleague, an erratic policy-maker who lacked judgment, and a reckless amateur strategist with a dangerous passion for war and bloodshed. Paul Addison tells the story of Churchill's life in parallel with the history of his reputation. He seeks to explain why Churchill was transformed into a national hero, and why his heroic status has endured ever since in spite of the attempts of iconoclasts to debunk him.
ER  -